Bruno Bastos Bio
September 22, 2010 by Lee H.
Filed under Interviews
Bruno Bastos is a Jiu Jitsu black belt under Wendell Alexander. This tough competitor from Nova Uniao also loves to compete in Submission Wrestling, having fought in the greatest NoGi tournament in the world (the ADCC). Additionally, Bastos is a charity activist having formed projects that commit to taking youngsters off the streets.
Bruno Bastos Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Luis Franca > Oswaldo Fadda > Sebastião Ricardo > Wendell Alexander > Leonardo Santos
Bruno Bastos Main Achievements in BJJ: 3x World Cup Champion (2010, 2009, 2007 – CBJJO); CBJJE World Champion (2008); 2x Brazilian National Cup Champion (2007, 2002 – CBJJO); Rio International Open Champion (2008); NY International Open Champion (2010); World Bronze Medallist (2010)
Bruno Bastos Weight Category: Super Pesado (Super Heavyweight) 100.5kg/221lbs
Bruno Bastos Favoured Position/Technique: Half Guard
Bruno Bastos Team/Association: Nova Uniao
Bruno Bastos Biography
Bruno Bastos was born on the 27th of March, 1980. He started training jiu jitsu in 1990 when he was 10 under Neury Gomes, and he stayed training under Neury for the next year and a half. He then picked up training with Aílson Brites for a short spell before finally ending with Wendell Alexander (in 1993) the coach that followed Bruno until he reached his black belt.
Bruno Bastos’s career has been pretty impressive from the “get go”, he started competing when he was still a yellow belt achieving the podium straight away, and he hasn’t stopped reaching the top spots of competitive BJJ since. Another peculiarity of Bruno is the “Bastos” surname, a name of some significance in jiu jitsu, as 6 of his family members also train and compete, they are Fernanda ( black belt), André (black belt), Ricardo (black belt), Bianca (black belt), Thiago and Felipe Bastos.
Just like his master, Wendell, Bruno Bastos is also involved in charity. In 2005 he created an organization called “Arte Suave”, an organization that tries to keep kids away from drugs through jiu jitsu. He was also involved with Ramon Lemos in the creation of Atos Jiu Jitsu, a project that started with Bruno Bastos and a few other Nova Uniao students that got together through their evangelic church.
